Almost half of all Australians have experienced a mental health disorder in their life. However, a dramatic shortage of mental health nurses puts a heavy burden on individuals and nurses. To address the ongoing problem, Edith Cowan University (ECU) is ...

A university in the Northern Territory is refurbishing their clinical simulation suites to better prepare their nursing workforce for the state's healthcare challenges. Dean of CDU's College of Nursing and Midwifery professor Karen Francis says NT's health system is in ...

Rural nurse practitioners are facing a number of hurdles when it comes to being able to deliver the best care possible. This is the opinion of a new study looking into extended scopes of practice in rural settings, carried out ...

A relative latecomer to nursing, Cherie Whitbread talks comfy shoes and chili mud crab. Which hospital do you work at and what do you do there? My work encompasses research and direct client care for people with diabetes at Royal ...

Hepatology pioneers share word of initiative at Royal Perth hospital.  The results of a program focused on maximising the use of nurses in one of Australia’s busiest hepatology units were presented recently at the Asian Pacific Association for the Study ...

Sue Denham, an emergency nurse practitioner, shares her experience implementing the practitioner role into the ED of a regional public hospital, despite many initial objections. It’s hard to believe I’m writing this and even harder to believe that only a ...

The emergence of nurse practitioners in Australia has profoundly changed the nursing profession, Flynn Murphy reports. An article published in the British Medical Journal begins with the question: “Nurse or minor medical practitioner?” It continues: “There is a real risk of ...

A study has shown private nurse practitioner clinics do not conflict with or duplicate the traditional roles of the pharmacist. By Linda Belardi. Nurse practitioners in community pharmacies provide a timely, accessible, primary healthcare service and do not necessarily encroach ...

New rights for nurse practitioners have been welcomed, but will rural health teams survive? The fact that nurse practitioners now have access to the Medicare Benefits Scheme and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme mustn’t obscure that fact that there is a serious ...

Patients believe nurse practitioners provide more choice and better access to primary care, research found. Australians know the difference between being sick and needing a doctor and those "everyday health concerns" when a nurse practitioner would suffice, preliminary research shows. ...